"Ice" came in when my friends would say "cold as ice" -- if you could rap and battle people you'd say "Dude, that was ice cold. " It had nothing to do with jewelry. Back then, it was like "Your cold, dawg. " "Vanilla Ice -- that's cold. "
At the end of the day I have always seen the end of my relationships as a personal failure. There is nothing ever pretty in saying goodbye.